(December 20, 2023, 9:54 AM EST) -- JOPLIN, Mo. — The former operator of a fertilizer plant is joint and severally liable under the Comprehensive Environmental, Response, Compensation, and Liability Act for environmental harm caused by a stack of hazardous byproduct stored near the plant because the operator failed to show that the harm was volumetrically divisible, a Missouri federal magistrate judge announced in setting forth findings of fact and conclusions of law....